Overview
- The directions hearing confirmed Stacey Warnecke died from postpartum haemorrhage after a planned home freebirth in September.
- Frankston Hospital mounted a six-hour resuscitation involving 24 clinicians, a balloon to stem bleeding, an emergency hysterectomy, intubation and CPR, yet she suffered multiple cardiac arrests.
- Clinicians depleted the hospital’s entire supply of her blood type during transfusions.
- Birth support worker Emily Lal attended the birth, later declined a police statement after reportedly cleaning the home, and is barred from providing care by the Victorian Healthcare Complaints Commissioner pending investigation.
- The coroner will examine freebirthing risks, the role of unregulated birth support workers and system impacts, and the newborn was reported to have survived.